While waiting for the herbs to be refined into medicinal juices, Leo was not idle, he consulted the old man about the Chinese languages, and through rote memorization, he completed the official languages of all the member states of the Continental Congress and the mainstream ancient language of the country in five days.

Because of Leo's amazing performance, the old man who is a good teacher enjoys the addiction of being a teacher, so he even moved the idea of accepting Leo as an official student several times, but in the end he was dismissed. Rather than a pure master-apprentice relationship, he prefers to be a mentor and friend with Leo.

Supported by ample healing potions, Leo kept up to five days of sleepless memory of all the books he could see, and nearly 50,000 rare books were included in his ectopic database, making his understanding of the world reach a high level.

However, this does not mean that he no longer needs to continue to study and continue to supplement the database.

On the contrary, the more knowledge he gained in the dark world, the more he felt his ignorance and the more he was at a loss for the world.

And because he ingested a lot of knowledge and mysteries of the dark world, he found that his database was seriously unbalanced, which also affected his behavior.

There is too much knowledge of the dark world in the database of the auxiliary brain, but the knowledge of the real ordinary world is extremely scarce, which causes him to involuntarily tend to the way of thinking in the dark world when thinking about problems, and this way of thinking will make him look very strange in front of people.

Fortunately, the old man Rembrandt, who had a similar experience, discovered Leo's mental abnormality in time, and while helping him adjust his way of thinking, he also suggested that he temporarily stop forcibly remembering the knowledge of the dark world, and first supplement the basic knowledge of the real world to eliminate the adverse effects caused by the knowledge of the dark world.

"I need a reading card from you to read all the books in the public library. At noon on the sixth day of staying at the villa, Leo, who had already adjusted his way of thinking back to a normal state, learned that Rembrandt was the honorary president of the World Library Association, and asked him.

"That's fine. The old man took out a World Library Association reading card that seemed to have been prepared a long time ago from the drawer, quickly signed his name on the card, then stamped it, handed it to Leo, and said: "With this certificate, you can read books of various levels of confidentiality in the libraries of all the associations in the world, without restrictions, I have only opened four such reading cards in my life, this is the fifth, I hope you can make good use of it." Remember, the body decays, but knowledge is eternal. ”

Leo took the document with a solemn face and carefully placed it in the inner shirt pocket.

Just when Leo wanted to say something to the old man, Vaschi still had a cold face, walked into the study, handed Leo a letter in his hand, and said: "Someone just sent it here, indicating that it will be handed over to you, and the person who delivered the letter is a senior sheriff with three bars and one flower." ”

"Ljungberg!" Leo barely had to think to determine who the letter was from, and who else in the whole of Miria could command such a high-ranking sheriff to be a postman besides Ljungberg.

"How's the situation out there?" asked Leo Chao Vaschi.

"It was calm. Vaschi replied coldly.

"It's calm?" Leo didn't think it would be such an answer, it stands to reason that at this moment, the forces of all sides should be fighting each other, the army entering the city to take over everything, and the Continental Council being forced to evacuate, nothing can be related to the word calm.

"Do you know what a mature politician is best at?" the old man suddenly asked Leo a clueless question.

Leo was stunned, pondered for a moment, and said, "Compromise." ”

The old man was also surprised that Leo was able to give an answer, and then he returned to his normal expression, after all, Leo had seen enough magic in front of him in the past few days, and it was not too surprising that there would be another accident.

"Yes! Old Man Rembrandt nodded, pulled one out of a pile of newspapers, and handed it to Leo.

Leo took the newspaper and looked at it, only to see that the front page of the newspaper was a situation analysis map of the heir to the imperial throne, and on this analysis map, Duke Devon had far surpassed the other two heirs.

According to the current situation, as long as sixteen hereditary nobles of the realm and twenty hereditary nobles of military merit are gathered, according to the past practice, a council of nobles will be convened, and it will be a foregone conclusion that Duke Dewin will become the emperor of the French Empire.

"Even the military nobles have sided with Duke Devon. Leo put down the newspaper in his hand and asked, "If the content on this is true, the two heirs to the throne should have no chance to turn the tables." ”

"Is there really not?" the old man said in a deep voice: "You haven't read carefully, it's all the statements of the Eastern Continent, what about the Western Continent?"

Leo wondered, "Isn't there Rupert Fitz in the Western Continent? these are all planned by him for Duke Dewin, he will never let his plan fail!"

"You still don't have the habit of looking at things to find the essence, although you have found the key point, but you have misjudged. The old man smiled and pointed: "No matter what Rupert does and whose side he is on, he is essentially a businessman. In the eyes of a businessman, anything in the world can be measured by money, and spending the least amount of money to get the maximum benefit is the essence of every qualified businessman. ”

As he spoke, he saw the old man take out an autobiographical book published by Rupert a few years ago and hand it to Leo, saying: "When Rupert invested in Duke Derwin, it happened to be the most difficult time for Duke Dryon, he invested the least amount of money to support Duke Derwin through the difficulties, and when Duke Derwin rose, he reaped huge benefits. Later, the Duke of Devon committed a crime and was driven out of Winter Rin City by Louis IX, but he still did not give up the Duke of Derwin, and continued to increase investment, so that the Duke of Devon obtained his current territory, and his strength grew steadily, and he also obtained the commercial franchise of the Duke of Derwin's domain, and with this, he expanded his commercial network in the Western Continent and became the current French business giant. ”

Leo listened to the old man's narration, looked down at the resolute man on the cover of the book in his hand, and said in a deep voice: "Is it difficult for him to change his investment object and obtain greater benefits?"

"Duke Devin became the emperor of the French Empire, no matter how much Rupert invested, it was impossible to obtain greater benefits, and with Duke Dewin's personality and character, he would never allow a person with a strong influence on the empire like Rupert to exist. When the old man mentioned Rupert, his face couldn't help but feel a little more proud and proud, "This existential problem has existed from the beginning, and Rupert is well aware of this, so he has found a way out early." ”

"Three levels of parliament. Leo said in a deep voice.

"Not bad!" the old man nodded and said, "It's just that it is not appropriate to simply rely on the merchants, commoners and nobles of the Western Continent to form the three-level council, there is no legitimacy, so it is necessary to find a person who can give legitimacy to the three-level council." ”

Leo couldn't help but gasp when he heard this, because he already knew what was going on, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on the other two heirs to the throne who were far behind in the newspaper and had almost no chance of winning, and after being silent for a while, he said in disbelief: "Is it difficult that he planned these from the beginning?"

The old man was also silent for a moment, shook his head slightly, and said, "I don't know, but judging from the development of things, I can always feel that someone is secretly pushing, and I can't think of anyone else who has such foresight and wisdom except him." ”

Leo looked down at the letter he had just gotten but hadn't opened, and wondered, "But what does this have to do with me? They can negotiate on their own, why ......?"

"You're an accident, an accident that can change everything. Without waiting for Leo to finish speaking, the old man stretched out his hand and pointed at Leo's chest, and said solemnly: "Actually, the moment you killed the president of the Skull and Bones Society, you caused damage to Rupert's plan, originally he should have wanted to borrow the power of the Skull and Bones Society to continue to occupy a place in the situation in Miria City, but your appearance made his plan change. But this change is not much, and he doesn't care, but what is really fatal is the ability you showed to assassinate those people in the dark world a few days ago. The ability to kill an enemy silently from a distance of more than a thousand meters is enough to pose a threat to anyone, so if you don't eliminate this threat, any negotiation, any plan may call out unforeseen surprises. ”

Leo's face was gloomy, the killing intent in his eyes rolled, and he said, "They want to kill me?"

Although the old man had seen all kinds of people, he had never seen a person like Leo with such a strong killing intent, and even Vaschi on the side knew that Leo would not be bad for the old man, but he was still affected by this killing intent, and his hand couldn't help but put his hand on the weapon on his waist.

"Probably not. The old man shook his head, and said, "You have no vendetta against them now, and it is the most foolish thing to drive you to a dead end, and it is impossible for the wisdom of Rupert and Ljungberg to fail to see the evils in it." Since Ljungberg has sent you a letter, he must have the intention of appeasing you, and they will not be able to be your enemy unless they have to. As he spoke, he smiled again and said, "I have to say that you have let me see a miracle again, with the strength of one person, the two big people in the Western Continent have to take the initiative to appease you, which is really incredible!"

Leo ignored the old man's teasing, opened the letter in his hand, and took out a note from it, only to see an address written on it, he remembered that this place was a small block in the embassy district of the Kingdom of Mares, not far from the landmark megalithic palace in the embassy district.

The old man also saw the address on the note at this time, and said, "This seems to be the hiding place of Anne and your comrades." ”

"What does he mean by that, is he threatening me?" said Leo with a frown.

"I don't think so. The old man took the note and turned around.

I saw that there was still a signature on the sticky note, because it was that kind of aristocratic flower-style characters, Leo couldn't read it, but the old man could understand it, and there was a little surprise on his face.

Leo asked, "Do you recognize these names?"

The old man put the note on the table and said, "Philippe Capperou, Prince of Porto, one of the three heirs to the throne, that is, a member of the royal family supported by Baron Maupassant. ”

Leo frowned, "Shouldn't he be in Winter Rin City at this time?"

"The foggy period in the Black Forest makes messaging a lot harder. The old man said with a serious expression: "It seems that Winter Rin City has already achieved results. As he spoke, he paused and added, "Everyone including me and Rupert underestimated Duke Dewin, but I didn't expect him to be able to kick out all the heirs to the throne so quickly. ”

Leo suddenly had an idea and said, "He probably wants me to run to Winter Rin City to help him assassinate Duke Devon, right?"

"Possibly. In the absence of information, the old man could not make any useful judgment, and said, "I suggest you go and find out the situation." ”

Leo was silent for a moment, then stood up, took off his trench coat from the hanger, put on his hat, and put on all the equipment he should have, as if he was preparing for battle.

Although the old man felt that nothing would happen, he also agreed with Leo's approach.

After getting dressed, Leo left the villa directly, and when he saw Leo's figure disappearing at the end of the street in the villa area, Vaschi suddenly said, "Do you want me to ......?"

The old man shook his head and said, "No, there are too many people looking at me, I don't want to get involved in such a thing, and he doesn't need us to do anything." ”

After leaving the villa, Leo was about to go outside to the street to stop a carriage and go to the address on the note, but a carriage came from not far away and stopped beside Leo, and then saw Anne sticking her head out of the window and saying, "Get in the car!"

Leo boarded the carriage and looked at Anne with a serious expression, and only after the carriage drove out of the villa area of Lower Quarter Moon Lake did he speak, "Can you tell me what happened before you reach your destination?"

Anne was stunned for a moment, and said, "Is it so hard that the old man didn't analyze the situation in the villa area?

Leo said in a deep voice, "Analyzed, but I still hope to hear something from you." ”

Anne didn't have much nonsense, and said briefly: "Quite simply, the battle for the throne ended before it officially began, and one of the heirs was unwilling to be defeated, fled here, and then made some careerists and patriots conditions that could not be refused, making the enemy an ally. As she spoke, she sneered disdainfully and said, "This is politics." ”

"What do they want?" asked Leo again.

"I don't know. Anne shook her head and reminded, "But someone from the embassy of the Kingdom of England has arrived. ”

Hearing this, Leo did not speak again, but leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes to recuperate.